"Brothers" reunited at last!

Although they are not biological brothers, for the first 4 years of their lives they lived as brothers...orphanage brothers...crib mates...

(pics. from their life in the orphanage together)

Their lives FOREVER changed 1 year ago on September 5, 2010 when one of the "brothers" was adopted and the other was left behind. As we rejoiced because our son, Solomon, was finally in our arms, precious Kaden grieved the loss of his "brother" with no hope of every seeing him again....

or so he thought...

(saying goodbye)

or so we all thought...

BUT our God is greater...our God is mighty...our God is a miracle making, mountain moving God!  He heard the cries of Kaden's heart...He heard the cries of our heart for Kaden to have a forever family...but not just any family, a christian family...a family that lived close to us so the boys could grow up together...

Many of you have followed their journey from the beginning...many of you are new to their journey...join us as we marvel at all the Lord has done to bring the boys back together.

Exactly one year after we landed in the United States with our son, the "brothers" were finally reunited!!!!  Our precious friends, the Cox family, are now home with sweet Kaden and it was finally time for the boys to meet.  I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story :)

WE STAND IN AWE!

"He's here...he's here!!!!"
Solomon kept yelling, "I'm right here JianZhu...I'm right here" as he ran to him.

I still sit here in absolute amazement that Kaden is home & that the boys will grow up together.  The precious boy that we had been advocating for since March 2010...the precious boy whom we realized was our son's very, very best friend...the precious boy whom we felt the Lord telling us that his family was someone we already knew...the precious boy that called me 'mama' the day we had to say good-bye...the precious boy who stood there with tears rolling down his face as we left him...the precious boy that our son grieved & longed deeply for...the sweet, precious boy that we have loved so deeply but was not to be ours....

He is HOME...He is with his forever mama and daddy...He is LOVED...He is cherished...and we are honored to be a part of his life...ecstatic to see him with his family, our wonderful friends...honored and blessed that the Lord answered all of our prayers for the boys to be together in some way...what an incredible gift!!!

Sweet, beautiful Kaden, the Lord knew you long before He formed you...He loves you so much and has amazing plans for your life. What a treasure you are to your family!!! We love you so much and are so happy you are home to stay!!!!!

WE STAND IN AWE OF OUR KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!